Biotech startups rose from 50 to 9,000 in last decade: Jitendra Singh
From just 50 biotech startups in 2014 in India, the ecosystem has grown to nearly 9,000 in the last decade, according to Union Minister Jitendra Singh.
The Orissa High Court on Wednesday granted interim protection from arrest to the Union Minister of State (MoS) for Jal Shakti and Tribal Affairs Bishweswar Tudu in a criminal case lodged against the MoS by two State government officers.
Two Odisha government officials had accused Tudu of assaulting them with a chair in his office in Mayurbhanj district, a charge that the BJP MP had categorically denied. Both of employees, who were allegedly beaten up by the minister on 21 January in Baripada, were later hospitalized
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Based on a complaint filed in this regard earlier last month, a case had been lodged against MoS Bishweswar Tudu at Baripada Town Police Station under Sections 323, 325, 294 and 506 of the Indian Penal Code.
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The High Court hearing the anticipatory bail plea asked Tudu to appear before the investigating officer on 4 March, cooperate in the investigation, and not to influence witnesses in the case. The court later posted the matter for further hearing on 8 March.
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